BELGRADE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Six fans were seriously injured during Wednesday's World Cup qualifier between Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina, according to a Belgrade hospital official.

"A total of 17 fans, six of them seriously, were injured but
none of them are in critical condition," director of the Anlave
clinic Slobodan Ivanovic was quoted as saying by Belgrade's B92
website.

Ivanovic said one of the fans had lost a finger and another
suffered a fractured nose. Others were concussed and sustained
cuts and bruises at a match marred by sporadic violence among
the 55,000 crowd.

The home supporters and a tiny contingent of Bosnian fans
pelted each other with seats and flares during the
politically-charged qualifier, forcing riot police to move in
and create large buffer zones.

The legacy of the bloody 1992-95 Bosnian war lingered in the
air throughout the match in the first meeting in the Serb
capital between the two teams.

Police outnumbered the several hundred visiting fans in the
reverse fixture in Sarajevo last October when the trouble was
confined to verbal insults.

Serbia won 1-0 on Wednesday, an early goal from striker
Mateja Kezman clinching Group Seven and automatic qualification
for next year's World Cup finals in Germany.

Bosnia finished third behind runners-up Spain, who trounced
San Marino 6-0 to secure a playoff berth.